KTK-Nutrition

Recently the walnut industry has been advertising walnuts a lot on TV.    Eat walnuts for heart health, put walnuts on your salad.   Are walnuts good for your health?   Dr. Oz wrote a column with “walnuts: the superfood” and a posted blog post, The Wonderful Walnut .   So why does Dr. Oz and many nutritionists think walnuts are a superfood? Omega-3 fats – these fats are the “good” fats, the fat that is good for our hearts.   Walnuts are full of omega-3’s.   Studies have shown that eating walnuts actually improves heart health.   How?   By lowering the bad cholesterol, LDL and even helping to lower blood pressure.   Omega-3’s are also good for reducing inflammation.   Diabetes – eating walnuts helps lower blood sugar and reduces your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.   ( Nuts Good for Some with Diabetes) .   Eating walnuts 2-3 times a week is helpful in lowering Type 2 diabetes risk.   Vitamin E, manganese, co...

Wow!   Who is responsible for the latest rumor that bananas are toxic?   A relative was at work eating a banana and her boss told her “bananas are toxic, why are you eating it?”   Then   a co-worker came in and said the same thing, and he had stopped eating bananas.   A woman was in a health food store and overheard a customer saying they had stopped eating bananas because they have toxins in them.   Yes, the banana peel may have some pesticide residue, but since you peel bananas they are noted as a very low pesticide food.   A group called the Environmental Working Group lists the foods most likely to be covered with pesticides ( EWG's 2014 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce ).    Bananas aren’t on the list because when you peel a banana you peel away the pesticides.   The World Health Organization (WHO) calls bananas one of “the world’s healthiest foods”.   ( The World's Healthiest Foods ).    Why?   P...